Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:49:49 GMT
Supervisor appointment documents (The Gazette)
IOWA CITY - Curious what Johnson County officials and members of the public had to say about replacing Supervisor Larry Meyers, who died in September? So was I, which is why, earlier this month, I filed an open records request with the county. I asked County Attorney Janet Lyness for “access to all correspondence to and from the [...]
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Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:23:45 GMT
Clinton ready to welcome prison employees (WQAD Moline)
Since the Thomson Correctional Center seems to be the front-runner to land hundreds of jobs and Guantanamo Bay prisoners, surrounding communities are bracing again for the benefit. That's the case in nearby Clinton, Iowa, where housing could get a jump start.
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Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:38:25 GMT
Radon continues as silent killer (The Daily Iowan)
Radon, a colorless and odorless gas, seeps into more than 70 percent of the basements in Iowa. The gas is the No. 2 cause of lung cancer and the No. 1 cause of lung cancer in nonsmokers.
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Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:29:03 GMT
Home prices hold steady (Muscatine Journal)
MUSCATINE, Iowa – Things are looking up for Muscatine homeowners.
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Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:47:23 GMT
Iowa Tribe member dies in Oklahoma City wreck (Stillwater NewsPress)
Nicole Venegas, 19, a member of the Iowa Tribe, died Sunday evening when she lost control of the pickup she was driving and crashed into a building in Oklahoma City, a Oklahoma City police spokesman said.
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Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:15:00 GMT
UGL Unicco Provides Comprehensive Real Estate and Facilities Services to Upper Iowa University (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
FAYETTE, Iowa----Upper Iowa University and UGL Unicco today announced that UGL Unicco is providing a wide range of facilities and real estate portfolio management services to UIU for its campus here, as well as regional and international locations.
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Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:33:25 GMT
City kicks off workshop to develop new district (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)
Residents, city staff and consultants began the visioning process Wednesday night for an area of Iowa City that was affected by last year’s flooding.
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Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:41:00 GMT
Iowa Tri-City Energy Biodiesel Plant Real Estate and Equipment to Be Sold via Court-Ordered Auction on Wednesday, Dec ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
KEOKUK, Iowa----Maas Companies of Rochester, MN will auction the 5 MGY Tri-City Energy Biodiesel Refinery Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009 at 10 a.m. onsite at 219 S. 5th Street, Keokuk, Iowa.
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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:03:04 GMT
FD downtown plan honored (The Fort Dodge Messenger)
The Fort Dodge downtown plan has won an award from a group of city development professionals. The Iowa Chapter of the American Planning Association has awarded the city and Camiros, the Chicago consulting firm that wrote the plan, the 2009 Planning Excellence Award for Best Practic.
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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:27:11 GMT
Sinclair Oil Nears End of Retail Business (Convenience Store News)
November 09, 2009 - CHICAGO -- Sinclair Oil Corp., which revealed earlier this year that it would exit the retail fuel business and sell its chain of 90 company-operated convenience stores, retained The Energy Exchange, based here, to manage the sale of 29 Sinclair branded stations throughout six states -- Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Oklahoma and Nebraska.
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Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:08:39 GMT
Andre Jackson holds record with 171-tackle season (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)
The oldest untouched single-season mark in the Iowa football record book belongs to a former walk-on who nearly left the Hawkeyes that year.
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Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:21:56 GMT
Police captain position added to roster (Muscatine Journal)
MUSCATINE, Iowa – Without an assistant police chief, things can get a little hectic.
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Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:29:54 GMT
Food-themed film festival to start (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)
ECO Iowa City is hosting a film festival with a food theme Friday, Nov. 13 and Nov. 19 at the Iowa City Public Library.
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Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:03:02 GMT
Mims, Dickens, Champion take seats in Iowa City (The Gazette)
The Iowa City Council will have two new members and retain a longtime colleague. Amid dismal voter turnout, at-large candidates Susan Mims and Terry Dickens and District B three-term incumbent Connie Champion were elected to the seven-member council Tuesday.
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:32:29 GMT
Rejuvenating the city together (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)
With so many streets lined with student rentals adjacent to owner-occupied houses, Iowa City is home to not only an off-campus housing market of more than 20,000 students, but also a real estate paradox of sorts.
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